The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical evidence and conduct a new VA examination for his back, neck, and upper extremity radiculopathy disabilities. The claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the current evidence of record does not provide sufficient information regarding the Veteran's range of motion testing and flare-ups, which are necessary to make a fully informed decision on his disability ratings for back, neck, and upper extremity radiculopathy disabilities. Additionally, there is an issue with determining when left upper extremity radiculopathy initially manifested.
- Claimed conditions
- low back/thoracic spine degenerative joint disease, cervical spine DJD, raticulopathy, left upper extremity, raticulopathy, right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1819663
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 5, 2021, for the grant of service connection for sinusitis with rhinitis is granted. The Board has also remanded his claim for a cervical spine disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left upper extremities, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative changes of the cervical spine. The effective date is set at July 11, 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for radiculopathy of both upper extremities and for an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) prior to June 18, 2018. The Veteran is also scheduled for a VA examination to assess his current radiculopathy condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further examination and evaluation due to incomplete information.
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